Some mornings, you expect to ease into the day - then the first thing you read is that Tom Soehn was appointed head coach of DC United and that Piotr Nowak will hook up with the U.S. National Team as an assistant (LINK).
Holy crap.
I don't know enough about Soehn to comment on how he'll do; I only know he has been linked to every coaching vacancy over the past three years at least. Based on that, it seems most people expect him to do well. And, to be unfair to Nowak, the second half of 2006 could very well have been the equivalent of an ailing marriage; maybe a change will do some good.
As for the Nowak move, that one leaves me a little uneasy. Nowak seems a pretty driven fella, one whose ego may strain in the role of second banana. But that's just an impression; Bob Bradley thinks clearly thinks otherwise and he certainly knows Nowak better than some schlump observing things from Portland, Oregon. Still, if I'm watching for anything with this hire, it's for distracting tension between Bradley and Nowak.
Big change though, huh?
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